Schedule for today, Thursday, Mar 22'2012:

02:30 China HSBC Manufacturing PMI (preliminary) March 49.6

07:00 Switzerland Trade Balance February 1.55 1.97

08:00 France Manufacturing PMI (preliminary) March 50.0 50.5

08:00 France Services PMI (preliminary) March 50.0 50.6

08:30 Germany Manufacturing PMI (preliminary) March 50.2 51.1

08:30 Germany Services PMI (preliminary) March 52.8 53.1

09:00 Eurozone Manufacturing PMI (preliminary) March 49.0 49.6

09:00 Eurozone Services PMI (preliminary) March 48.8 49.3

09:30 United Kingdom Retail Sales (MoM) February +0.9% -0.5%

09:30 United Kingdom Retail Sales (YoY) February +2.0% +2.4%

10:00 Eurozone Industrial New Orders s.a., m/m January +1.9% -2.0%

10:00 Eurozone Industrial New Orders, y/y January -1.7% -3.1%

12:30 Canada Retail Sales, m/m January -0.2% +1.8%

12:30 Canada Retail Sales ex Autos, m/m January 0.0% +0.6%

12:30 U.S. Initial Jobless Claims 17.03.2012 351 353

14:00 Belgium Business Climate March -7.7 -6.3

14:00 U.S. FOMC Member Tarullo Speaks 0

14:00 U.S. Leading Indicators February +0.4% +0.7%

14:00 U.S. Housing Price Index, m/m January +0.7% +0.2%

15:00 Eurozone Consumer Confidence March -20.3 -19.8

16:00 Eurozone ECB President Mario Draghi Speaks 0

16:45 U.S. Fed Chairman Bernanke Speaks 0

20:00 U.S. FOMC Member Charles Evans Speaks 0